I am puzzled by your thought experiment. As it is formulated, it seems that the two scenarios are, respectively, one in which a single child X is anni...
At this point the West has its own persisting issues with NATO which the enlargement didn't fix: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/...
Putin insists that his objectives are/were denazification, demilitarization, and neutral status of Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE8QL7RYxL...
What I take to be a philosophical exercise is “to investigate very basic (mostly implicit) assumptions of somebody’s beliefs. ” Among such assumptions...
Dude, as far as I’m concerned, that’s a philosophy forum, not a political forum, not a military forum, not a Tzeench-certified forum. So I have no ide...
“Colloquial”? Not sure to understand. Is, for example, covid evil in a colloquial sense? How about examples of colloquially “necessary evil”? Vaccins ...
“Evil” in a moral sense? But if states are not moral agent, why do you call them “evil” or “necessarily evil”? Are they evil in the same sense the cov...
The problem is Europeans' free riding can also weaken NATO deterrence power (given Russia, given China, given Trump). In the end, only wars can prove ...
The war in Ukraine was a wake up call for Europeans: Europe is not prepared for a war with Russia and is in danger of being “washed away” in a conflic...
Zelensky is under pressure internally: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/4/7431535/ https://www.20min.ch/story/interview-vitali-klitschko-ueb...
Meaning? . Do you mean that “those were blocked by the US simply to save Washington's ego” and “how many thousands of lives and billions in damages is...
I don’t believe you said that. I believe you mean that. Indeed, if these are your assumptions: 1. You believe that state do not have the right to figh...
And Israel and jews do not seem as concerned as the Russians. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukrainian-jews-push-back-against-putins-neo-nazi-claim-as-...
I already answered this question. Assessing military results depend on political aims. And political aims of national sovereign states are grounded on...
Again easy to retort. You are cheerleading Ukrainian surrender to Russian demands. Well that presupposes that you know what is pro-Ukrainian, but who ...
As I said, many times, such accusations can be easily retorted. The sources we bring up which you disagree with are propaganda to you. However the dee...
Dude, I don’t even think you watch the videos you link (I checked 4 out of 5, since one wasn’t reachable). They too mention Neo-nazi and far right mov...
As if Heidegger couldn't do pro-Nazi propaganda, Foucault couldn't do pro-Islamist propaganda, and Sartre couldn't do pro-Maoist propaganda, because t...
PART02 I doubt that Zelensky would politically survive this plot twist in the face of the Ukrainians, his entourage, and his Western allies. Or be ful...
PART 01 Another non-shared assumption. You keep reasoning in non-comparative and historically decontextualised ways. “Bad faith” may be a compelling r...
One more evidence: 02.01.2005 Interview with Sergej Lavrov (Foreign minister of Russia) by the German business newspaper Handelsblatt: Question: Does ...
I'd rather call it pro-Russian propaganda. Indeed, these people have no problems to whine over American imperialism EVEN WHEN American didn't "conques...
Where is the link to the report? Contrary to Western interpretations?! Nobody doubts that this is Putin’s declared reason for his aggression. The ques...
BTW how many rubles do I owe you, prof? . Your reasoning looks rather out of historical circumstances. First, Ukrainians didn’t refuse negotiation BY ...
Dude, read here: Russia's demands in the early phases of the invasion included legal recognition for Russia's annexation of Crimea, independence of Lu...
Sure, it is what the US is doing (I stated the same in some previous post “It’s not an aut-aut choice. The more the better.”). However you seemed to q...
If we are comparing Israel vs Saudi Arabia/Egypt as allies of the US in the Middle East (that’s what I was doing anyways) and accepting the fact that ...
The stupidest analogy you could come up with. Military threat needs to be assessed in relative terms: - Russia is a nuclear power, Ukraine not. - Russ...
NATO is not just about military defense but, ideally, about military defense among countries that support “democratic values”. Preferring Saudi Arabia...
EU Enlargement: Commission recommends starting accession negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and candidate status for Georgia ...
So what? My premise is that strategic interest of the US in the Middle East is to prevent the emergence of regional powers that challenge the American...
If the question is about “ Israel has done ANYTHING to help it's ally US”, I gave you the examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_rocket_attacks...
Americans have their material leverages (like the American package of military aid), but I guess their diplomatic network can reach Israeli military-i...
A moderate position that Hamas is clearly willing to destroy also in Israel. Indeed, Hamas attack was targeting the Israeli population and audience po...
Immigration, resident Muslim (or pro-Palestinian) electorate and Islamist terrorism are all potential issues ensuing from the conflict in Israel, sure...
Self-hating Westerners vs self-hating Palestinians (especially starting from minute 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2BSDLFVT74 Who will win the c...
I use the expression “having the same standards” as a conscious and convenient simplification to deal with a messy reality. After all I didn’t specify...
I do not assume there is a solution for all problems, however desirable. My understanding is that it is of vital interest for the West to be committed...
The point was that proportionality is not matter of minimising civilian casualties, but a ratio between maximising military achievements and minimisin...
Excessive wrt what? Excessiveness in the law of war is not assessed wrt the number of casualties but wrt militarly efficacy. IDF has targeted, and kil...
The same ones that keep whining about Russia being provoked (while being not aggressed by anybody) and Russian "legitimate" security concerns which le...
Sure, but I'm less interested in the claim itself, and more in your arguing over "just reasons". So why do you think Hamas was unjustified? Do you thi...
So you think people don't find doing things for unjust reasons acceptable but do find doing things for just reasons always acceptable? I don't find ei...
You look like someone who wants to referee a street fight according to chess rules. What role do you think “justification” is supposed to play? People...
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